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There's no event so passionate in English soccer as a derby fixture - Liverpool vs. Everton, say, or Arsenal vs. Tottenham - where the intense local rivalry is felt for miles around the ground, and the pride on the pitch makes for snappier tackles and that extra ounce of effort as fans steeped in decades of local rivalry spur their team forward. But would those games offer quite the same spectacle if they were played in Beijing or New York? The hundreds of millions of fans who tune in to TV broadcasts of the English Premier League each week may soon...
...school that usually reserves its collective campus pride for those Harvard traditions like The Game, Housing Day, or Commencement, you’re forgetting about another venerable New England institution—the Beanpot hockey tournament of course...
...chefs accountable for preparing healthy foods, and methods of educating ourselves on portion size and nutritional content—a way of budgeting splurges. The exact information that should beprinted on the cards is debatable, but their existence shouldn’t be. As a student body, we pride ourselves on being cognizant of our decisions in all other aspects of life, so why would we purposefully push for ignorance when it comes to the food we eat? As much as I thoroughly enjoyed my worry-free sojourns in Barcelona, I’m not willing to part with nutrition...
...fiction, Chicago is drawn from the two years that Al Aswany spent in the city during the mid-'80s while earning a dentistry degree from the University of Illinois. When he wasn't hitting the books, he would go out into the city - to a gay church, a black-pride organization, the Chicago Symphony - in search of American culture and ideas for a future novel. Nowadays, he could get by happily without his second income, but Al Aswany says he has no intention of giving up his dentistry practice, since filling cavities and performing root canals offers him priceless contact...
...Crimson had a solid start in the first game, taking the lead early. With sophomore setter Gil Weintraub serving, Harvard went on a six point run and came out ahead, 7-2. After the Crimson established the lead, it stayed on top throughout the first game, handily beating the Pride, 30-16, and notching a .409 hittingpercentage.“We had moments of brilliance,” senior libero Brian Rapp said. “The first game was just very well-played.”But the Crimson didn’t shine for long. Harvard was forced...